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- The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment.
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
- God works in mysterious, inefficient, and breathtakingly cruel ways.
- Penn Jillette (1955 - ), Penn & Teller: BS! (Season 1)
- It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
- E. W. Dijkstra
- Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp - or what's a heaven for?
- Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)
- Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.
- Douglas Pagels, A Wonderful Resolution For The New Year!
- In the hearts and minds of the people, the grapes of wrath were growing heavy for the vintage.
- John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968), The Grapes of Wrath
- The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.
- Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
- For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. - Edwin Teale
- People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
- To me there is something thrilling and exalting in the thought that we are drifting forward into a splendid mystery-into something that no mortal eye hath yet seen, and no intelligence has yet declared.
- Edward Chapin
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